[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16983]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Resource Area Management Plan Amendment; Bishop Resource Area, 
California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of plan amendment to the Bishop Resource Management 
Plan.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) 
and the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 1508.13, 43 CFR 1610.5-5), 
notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will 
implement a plan amendment to the Bishop Resource Area Management Plan.
    The plan amendment releases from wilderness review eight Section 
202 Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in the Bishop Resource Area. The WSAs 
would no longer be managed under Wilderness Interim Management Policy 
and would be subject to the Bishop Resource Management Plan (1993) or 
other applicable guidance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eight WSAs are removed from WSA status. In 
1979-80, the eight areas were designated as WSAs in association with 
adjoining Forest Service WSAs. The BLM areas met the criteria for 
wilderness study status only because they were considered in 
combination with adjacent Forest Service WSAs. The Forest Service has 
subsequently removed their WSAs from wilderness study status. The 
Bureau's plan amendment releases the eight WSAs from further wilderness 
study because of this Forest Service action.
    The WSAs include the following:

1. CA-010-060--Paiute WSA--7,600 acres
2. CA-010-063--Coyote Southeast WSA--3,211 acres
3. CA-010-065--Black Canyon WSA--6,518 acres
4. CA-010-068--Wheeler Ridge WSA--3,197 acres
5. CA-010-072--Laurel-McGee WSA--110 acres
6. CA-010-075--White Mountain WSA--1,260 acres
7. CA-010-077--Benton Range WSA--4,052 acres
8. CA-010-103--Sweetwater WSA--960 acres

    A final environmental assessment (#CA-017-96-007) incorporating 
full public review documents the effects of this action. This document 
and accompanying Record of Decision is located in the Bishop Resource 
Area files.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Genivieve D. Rasmussen, Bishop 
Resource Area, 785 N. Main., Ste E, Bishop, CA 93514. Telephone (760) 
872-4881.
Genivieve D. Rasmussen,
Area Manager, Bishop Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 97-16983 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am]
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